tweet us at book tv, post on facebook, or send us an e-mail at book tv@c-span2.org. >> next, the book "secret rescue. ... all begin by setting the stage for how the americans arrived in albania just across the adriatic from italy. of then discuss the daring rescue, read a small section from the book, shearson photos, and again and with any questions in half. in early november 194313 flight nurses and 13 flight medics boarded a c53 transport plane with a four-man flight crew. the nurses and medics were traveling from their headquarters when there were scheduled to the pickup wounded patients pit region near the front lines and transport them to more fully equipped hospitals around the mediterranean. bad weather had placed the area -- played the area. the weather was sunny and clear. when the plane took off my the aircraft seining coverage of violence on the pushed the plan of course. the flight crew managed to avoid dangerous waters bows that formed around them, buthey were disoriented by weather, and lost communication with the station and the instrument panel was malfunctioning it de